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Hardcover. A study of the politics of representation which explores the construction of a city of intensities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781856494076
ISBN
9781856494076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 90.71

Paperback. Explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. This book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTF; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848130463
ISBN
9781848130463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. Focuses on the universal concepts of the individual, civil society, the state, justice, authority and obligation and how these have been interpreted by Middle Eastern thinkers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Series: World Political Theories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778975
ISBN
9781842778975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.98

Paperback. Includes chapters that address the diversity and variety of everyday sexual lives and sexual politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. This book highlights the gendered and sexual consequences of globalization and rapid social change. It describes the local situations in which women's sexual lives are lived. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Liu, Jieyu; Woo, Ms Juhyun. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 102 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778890
ISBN
9781842778890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Paperback. Gives an introduction to the changing history of India since the end of the Cold War. It also shows that the turbulence and turmoil are signs of India's continued vibrancy and democracy. Series: Global History of the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778159
ISBN
9781842778159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.14

Paperback. The Palestinian experience of displacement within Israel, told through oral history and memory Editor(s): Masalha, Nur. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842776230
ISBN
9781842776230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.25

Hardcover. Concerns the about-turn in US foreign policy towards Uzbekistan since 9/11. Num Pages: 180 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCU; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781842774229
ISBN
9781842774229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 90.71

Paperback. Argues that Muslim theory and fiction has been commodified to cater to the needs of western ideology, and skillfully critiques the ideological contradictions of the debate around the jihadist by offering a comprehensive analysis of Muslim and non-Muslim cultural critics, including Edward Said, Slavoj Zizek, Don DeLillo and Osama bin Laden. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; HRH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780322629
ISBN
9781780322629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. This timely volume provides an original and unprecedented exploration of the current state of South Asian feminist politics. Editor(s): Roy, Srila. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780321899
ISBN
9781780321899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.83

Paperback. Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time Magazine, Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780321288
ISBN
9781780321288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. The book provides a revealing analysis of key areas of Egyptian political economy, such as labour, urbanization and the creation of slums, disability, refugees, street children, and agrarian livelihoods, reaching the impactful conclusion that marginalization does not mean total exclusion. Editor(s): Bush, Ray; Ayeb, Habib. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780320847
ISBN
9781780320847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Hardback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Politics of Oil and Gas. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCL; KJVG; KNBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138647817
ISBN
9781138647817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.37

Paperback. Describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This book addresses human rights as well as the relationship between politics and religion in a country in which neither the government nor the people clearly separates the two. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; GTB; HRE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802551
ISBN
9780896802551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DO NOT USE
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139388
ISBN
9780349139388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323419
ISBN
9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726962
ISBN
9780804726962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Shen, Simon; Blanchard, Jean-Marc F. Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739139943
ISBN
9780739139943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.59

Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270699
ISBN
9781783270699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFP; JFFS; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600119
ISBN
9781503600119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019560
ISBN
9780674019560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. This book tells how and why Mocha's urban shape and architecture took the forms they did. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3JB; 3JD; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989112
ISBN
9780295989112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. This work offers insights into Ottoman life and thought. It also examines female harem slaves, and slave dealers, and slave owners. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976426
ISBN
9780295976426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A compilation of case studies about Japanese intellectuals' relationships to modernity in three majors arenas of art (art and aesthetics, theater, and literature) beginning in the 1850s to the 1970s. It discusses how inevitable wave of modernity was responded to, discussed, assimilated, changed by some practitioners of art and intellectuals. Editor(s): Nara, Hiroshi. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739118429
ISBN
9780739118429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.46

Paperback. Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II. Num Pages: 475 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231028387
ISBN
9780231028387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

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